Month: May 2016

Two alumni from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Engineering have combined their entrepreneurial spirit and technical prowess to simplify solar power and bring it to a wider market. William Tolhurst graduated from UTSA in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and the Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2008.

Congratulations to the following faculty members in the Department of Mechanical Engineering for their accomplishments! (based on 2015 performance) Research: Krystel Castillo for leading new research grants ($1248k new/$649k personal share) Harry Millwater for leading research expenditure ($898k) Frank Chen & Victor Maldonado for leading the number of MS students graduated (5 each) Hai-Chao Han for

While all seven colleges participating in the UTSA annual giving campaign exceeded their goals, the College of Engineering earned the top prize, a $15,000 gift for reaching a 212 percent campaign participation rate. That participation rate more than doubled the College of Engineering’s goal to earn support from 238 alumni, donors and friends. More than

Researchers at The University of Texas San Antonio have re-engineered a century old walking toy with the help of 3D printing The Rowdy Walker may look like a simple device, but developing it was anything but. UTSA graduate student Christian Trevino started on the project, which is based on a toy from the 1900s, in

By Joanna Carver/Public Affairs Specialist Pranav Bhounsule, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $160,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his research on bipedal robots. Bhounsule, head of UTSA’s Robotics and Motion Laboratory, plans to create algorithms that enable legged robots to

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